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Nice to see Wilson suggesting he has already got his targets lined up - but didn't he say that last year and we didn't get anyone until deadline day ?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/s/swindon_town/8414007.stm

What about Revell?  Must be going back to Southend now

I think we'll make Sheehan's deal permanently. He is only 22 and from what I have read seems to have a promising future in front of him.

Not sure we're that desperate for a new striker. Paynter and Austin are playing well together, then we've got Revell and Ward as cover. Revell might not be the best but I rate him higher than what we had as cover last season.

I expect he'll bring in somebody.

Revell cannot stay, absolutely awful.

I'd like to see a winger who can act us a back-up striker. Allowing Sheehan to play left back whilst having a spare striker playing on the pitch.

Revell and Ward = both players that may not be with us in January. If they go back to Southend/Bolton all we have is Paynter,Austin and Peacock.

Still not desperate?

Tarra Ben Hutchinson then.

If they go back then obviously we need to replace them but if they don't then I'd be happy with what we've got.


Better than Sturrock last season and Peacock this season.

Revell better than Sturrock? Yet another gem from jonny. hahaha :D

Isn't it strange how we've recruited strikers from the biggest club in Scotland, an English Premier League team and an experienced L1 Striker, and the best of them has been from deep into the non-leagues. What does that say about the Academy system and the desire amongst youngsters at top level clubs?

I have wondered if the rawness of the lower leagues (just stick it in the net Charlie) has helped him out more so than so arty farty academy would have done.

If Sturrock is so fucking good, why the fuck is he playing in the Conference and Revell in the 1st?

*Sitting on a bench

Aaron McLean is available ;)

Cant see Revell being a league 1 striker much longer to be honest.

His chances at Swindon went with that Carlisle attempted lob he put somewhere in the North Atlantic.

Striker? In january??


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Which funnily enough is where Sturrock has spent most of his time in Conference, he's only made 5 starts and has come on as a sub 8 times. Whilst Revell has started 9 games for us and 3 sub appearances.

If Sturrock is that good, why the fuck can't he even get a game in the Conference?

You are rather a boisterous chap, aren't you Jonathon?

absolute tool.

I can only base on what I saw, Sturrock was underrated and probably could sustain a league 2 place in the right team, revell has been dogshit.

The general consensus on this forum when Sturrock left was that he was never a League One player, only got a deal cos his dad was the boss and that he was a bit shit but tried really hard. Go back and read the posts if you want to. Revell might not be the best but he's far better than Sturrock and is similar in style to Paynter, which is an obvious advantage.

If I'm an absolute tool, that would make Wilson one for letting him and go and most of the other League One, League Two and Conference managers one for failing to spot his talent. If he was that good, would he really be warming the bench in the Conference?

Couldn't give a rat's arse about general consensus, Sturrock served a purpose, something I've not seen from Revell yet.

I still say give Bennett a run out.

I think we should get Ifil back and play him up front. I've always wondered how fun it would be to have La Beast running at defenders, winning everything in the air and putting those powerful long passes to a good use and tearing the net off his fixings.

I'm not serious of course, but there was a time when i was convinced he'd be ace up front, just to smash fuck out of centre halves. Allardyce has done it with some unit from centre-half hasn't he?

Wasn't Paul Warhurst a Centre Half who was moved to Striker? or am I talking rubbish?

our fa cup team has scored 2 goals in 2 games against non league. we are desperate for a new striker. all well and gd austin playing well but we only have one other decent permanent striker. (peacock as much as he tries is not at the standard we need) i know when we travel to fulham it will probably be back to the 4-5-1 like we played against wolves but wud be good to have a quality striker to call on from the bench or partner paynter. if we are losing 1 nil against fulham it is pretty much game over

Revell and Sturrock are very similar in how they play, both hard workers but aren't very good finishers.

Neither is going to play for us next year, why sweat it?

Yes, but everyone else on here is an absolute tool as well (and yes I include myself) so not much use appealing to the wisdom of the TEF to back your argument :)

Si Pie is, as ever, correct.

i'll even do it for free!

revell's not good enough, sturrock's not good enough. I don't think either of these statements are up for debate.

I had the right qualifications to be a current day Swindon striker - hit rate of 2 goals in 65 games!!!

I'll clean my boots!

I think Paul Sturrock had a raw deal at STFC. He scored some important goals for us.

For the last few years we've had two strikers + one who isn't quite good enough but will sit on the bench until someone gets injured. This season Wilson has gone with too many different tactics up front which means we've probably lacked consistancy up front...

Billy Paynter
Billy Paynter/Tope Obadeyi
Billy Paynter/Ben Hutchinson
Billy Paynter/Alex Revell/Tope Obadeyi
Billy Paynter/Charlie Austin
Alex Revell/Ben Hutchinson/Tope Obadeyi
Alex Revell/Ben Hutchinson
Alex Revell/Tope Obadeyi

Last season was Simon Cox/Billy Paynter with Corr, Sturrock, Razak and Joyce waiting if needed (or fit) and was therefore our most consistant position on the pitch and it kept us up.

Last time we flirted with success in this division Parkin and Mooney were doing the business but King went out and bought Rory Fallon which was crucial because when Mooney stopped scoring, Fallon started.

Forget loan players, it's not worked this season - buy someone who wants to join and seriously compete for a place in the first XI.

As reg has handed over the statto torch to my good self I feel it is my duty to kindly point out that Paul Sturrock never played for us, let alone score for us.

Paul Sturrock has scored many goals for STFC in training sesions.

It's probably difficult for folk to recall, but back in the early 80's Sturrock was a seriously good player at Dundee United...they won the title in 82-83.

The Sweaties then had some top players, which meant Sturrock didn't always get picked. They could field an attack and midfield from Souness, Strachan, Wark, Dalglish, Archibald, Nicholas, Andy Gray....and Sturrock.

The demise of Scottish football is an interesting subject...

Not forgetting Malpas reg, damn good defender believe it or not!!

It is an interesting fact that our last 4 full-time managers have all played for their country.

Manchester United can't claim that can they.

Indeed...I was just doing offensive players, not offensive managers.

A couple of years later, and Scotland could call on McAvennie  McCoist and McClair, which meant the end for Sturrock in 87

Kenny Daglish limited Sturrock's appearances.

We actually haven't scored as few goals this season as you might think. After 26 games we've scored 33 times, compared to 38 times in the first 26 games last season. So maybe the striker crisis isn't as bad as it might seem.

The real difference is with goals conceded, 28 this season compared with 48 last season.